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ˈundervaluˌation
[under-1 10 b.]
The action of undervaluing.
1.
†a. Reduction or decline in value. Obs.—1
1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 482 The vnderualuation of our moneys, causeth no more commodities to be brought into the Realme than is carried out.
b. Valuation at too low a figure; inadequate monetary valuation.
1653in Somers Tracts I. 523 That the said Inventory doth contain all the Goods.., without any wilful Omission or Undervaluation. 1825Hone Every-day Bk. I. 1461 Another person said he was willing to give three hundred for it. This undervaluation was decisive. 1885Manch. Exam. 22 July 5/1 Suggestions as to the best mode of preventing undervaluations.
2. Insufficient appreciation or estimation; depreciation, disparagement.
1626Jackson Creed viii. xxviii, In this their undervaluation of his person and paines, they did portend their posterities disesteeme of..the Lord himself. 1681No Protestant-Plot 6 Having been so unhappy as to have heard him spoken of with too much disregard, and undervaluation. 1851De Quincey Ld. Carlisle on Pope Wks. 1859 XIII. 20 The first error was..no more than an undervaluation of the truth. |